# Guess the character by the eating habits **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 27, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737 "2009-12-27T21:40:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/101 "2009-12-28T18:32:05Z")
35 - Lemuel Gulliver? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/102 "2009-12-28T19:16:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > 1. He went and drowned his dinner in syrup, he poured it all over! > (Two possible answers) A guy who was eating with the lawyer’s family in **To Kill a Mockingbird**. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/103 "2009-12-28T19:18:49Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > 1. He went and drowned his dinner in syrup, he poured it all over! > (Two possible answers) > [@Shodan](#): > > Walter Cunningham is one of the answers, at least. Yes. My daughter informs me there is also a current holiday character who does the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/104 "2009-12-28T19:19:30Z")
This TV character eats just about anything but prefers to swipe the food that his friend has just bought so he doesn’t have to pay for it. He also likes anything this friend cooks. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/105 "2009-12-28T19:19:41Z")
1. This ancient video game NPC blocks the path you must cross, and can only be satiated by a Ruby dropped from a Vampire. 2. This TV character’s weakness is the cocoa bean, or “his dark master”. It’s also his bank password. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/106 "2009-12-28T19:21:30Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > This TV character eats just about anything but prefers to swipe the food that his friend has just bought so he doesn’t have to pay for it. He also likes anything this friend cooks. This has to be J. Wellington Wimpy, although I think he started life in a newspaper comic strip. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/107 "2009-12-28T19:21:32Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > This TV character eats just about anything but prefers to swipe the food that his friend has just bought so he doesn’t have to pay for it. He also likes anything this friend cooks. Kramer? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/108 "2009-12-28T19:23:08Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > 35 - Lemuel Gulliver? > > Regards, > Shodan Correct again. > [@YogSosoth](#): > > 1. This TV character’s weakness is the cocoa bean, or “his dark master”. It’s also his bank password. 62 is George Costanza (“Seinfeld,” of course - although he would also enjoy eating a block of cheese while wearing velvet). **36.** You first, if you’re lucky. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/109 "2009-12-28T19:25:21Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > 1. You first, if you’re lucky. Cthulhu. 1. [del]Two[/del] Three hardboiled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/110 "2009-12-28T19:26:52Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > 1. Chocolate donuts and grape soda. The Dreadnoks from GI Joe? 1. Honey Nut Cheerios ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/111 "2009-12-28T19:29:21Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > This TV character eats just about anything but prefers to swipe the food that his friend has just bought so he doesn’t have to pay for it. He also likes anything this friend cooks. House ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/112 "2009-12-28T19:30:18Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Yes. My daughter informs me there is also a current holiday character who does the same thing. Will Ferrel in “Elf” > [@Marley23](#): > > 1. [del]Two[/del] Three hardboiled eggs. Harpo and Groucho Marx ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/113 "2009-12-28T19:35:46Z")
64: Chews gum obsessively, for months at a time. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/114 "2009-12-28T19:36:07Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Yes. My daughter informs me there is also a current holiday character who does the same thing. > [@Eutychus](#): > > Will Ferrel in “Elf” Yes ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/115 "2009-12-28T19:39:35Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > 64: Chews gum obsessively, for months at a time. Violet Beauregarde. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/116 "2009-12-28T19:46:17Z")
1. Sour milk is their booze. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/117 "2009-12-28T20:00:14Z")
1. The aliens from “Alien Nation” - Newcomers? **Marley23** got No. 36 (if you’re lucky, Cthulhu will eat you first). ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/118 "2009-12-28T20:06:01Z")
1. Watching her eat a fresh strawberry makes me weak in the knees. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/119 "2009-12-28T20:08:42Z")
1. Tess of the d’Urbevilles? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737/120 "2009-12-28T20:11:33Z")
> [@TWDuke](#): > > 1. The aliens from “Alien Nation” - Newcomers? Yes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-character-by-the-eating-habits/522737.md?page=7)